Influence of Fat Source and Sorghum Grain Treatment on Performance and Digestibilities of High Yielding Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2907-2912

  Simas, J M ^a,b   Huber, J T ^a   Theurer, C B ^a   Chen, K H ^a,c   Santos, F A P ^a,b   Wu, Z ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CARGILL INC   (United States)

^d U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat source; Flaked sorghum; Lactation effects

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROPUS;

COTTON SEED OIL; FAT; FATTY ACID; MILK PROTEIN; STARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CEREAL; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; TALLOW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; COTTONSEED OIL; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK PROTEINS; STARCH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031266823     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76256-8     Document Type: Article

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